TO A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV

Written:Written on January 30 or 31, 1915Published:First published in 1924 inLenin Miscellany II.

      Sent from Berne to Copenhagen.

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	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1971,

      Moscow,Volume 36,

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DearFriend,

Yourplan for a trip in April and preparations for it seems
to becompletelycorrect.[1]You are right: that is the plan
to adopt and prepare as systematically and in as much
detail as possible.

Thankyou for your letters. We have written to you
several times. We have also sent notepaper with our stamp.
I hope you have received all this.

Todaywe received an issue ofNashe Slovo, which has
begun to appear in Paris instead ofGolos, which was closed
down. The issue ofNashe Slovocontains a statement by
Martov (and Dan) on their differences withNasha Zarya.

Evidently,there is a big cleavage among them (the
liquidators), and no one can say what will happen. Axelrod
is clearly trying to “reconcile” the German (and Bundist)
chauvinists with the Francophiles (and Plekhanov). After
Zurich, Martov sang to Axelrod’s tune, but whether he
is now “gone left” for long, we don’t know.

Ina few days we shall be issuing No. 37 ofSotsial-Demokrat.

Allthe best, and I wish you every success.

Yours,Lenin

BeforeApril, we shall try (together with you) to organise
correspondence, and establish some contacts. You, too,
should make arrangementsin good time.

[1]A.G.Shlyapnikov made a trip to Britain, where he tried to find
a job.